Dave Young ‘Two By Two : Piano-Bass Duets : Volume 1′(1995) Just Time Records
Dave Young/Oscar Peterson
1. OP&D
2. Younger Than Springtime
Dave Young/Cedar Walton
3. NPS
4. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
Dave Young/Tommy Flanagan
5. Milestones
6. In A Sentimental Mood
Dave Young/John Hicks
7. Stablemates
8. Passion Flower
Dave Young/Mulgrew Miller
9. One By One
10.Hot House
Tracks with Oscar Peterson recorded in Toronto at McClear Pathe Studios,January 23 1995.Produced by Jim West.
Tracks with Cedar Walton,Tommy Flanagan and John Hicks recorded in New York at the Hit Factory,February 21 1995.Produced by Jim West.
Tracks with Mulgrew Miller recorded in Montreal at Studio Tempo,February 28 1995.Produced by Jim West.
Allmusic review by Ken Dryden.
****1/2*
It is easy to understand why Dave Young is the one of the most in-demand bassists in Canada. With a fat tone and a gift for melodic solos similar to Ray Brown and Niels Pedersen, Young is joined for a pair of tunes by five different pianists. Oscar Peterson, with whom Young first recorded as a sideman in 1980, contributed a bluesy original (“OP & D”) for the date, while he is also more than willing to take a backseat to Young. The bassist plays arco with Cedar Walton in a warm rendition of the venerable standard “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes”; this session marked their first recording together. Tommy Flanagan provides an elegant backdrop for Young during “In a Sentimental Mood.” The sparks fly in his duet with John Hicks of Benny Golson’s “Stablemates.” The masterful duet with Mulgrew Miller of the classic bop tune “Hot House” uncovers new facets within this decades-old jewel. Anyone who enjoys these duo sessions will find an additional duo track by each of the pianists with Young (from the same studio dates) on the CD Side by Side, Vol. 3.
With thanks to Doug for sharing it here.
